Jonathan A. Eisen edited General notes on bacterial systematics.md  almost 10 years ago

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As with UNIX, we will list some basic terms with which you should make yourself familiar before attempting to make sense of your tree.  ***Branch*** All of the organisms in a tree are at the tips of brances branches  (that's why they are sometimes referred to as leaves.) All of the branches show the way in which organisms are connected (related) to each other. ***Node*** These are the points where branches connect.